India, Nov. 17 -- A Bangladeshi tribunal on Monday gave the death sentence to former premier Sheikh Hasina after convicting her of crimes against humanity while cracking down on student-led protests last year, prompting the foreign ministry in Dhaka to demand that New Delhi hand her over under a bilateral extradition treaty.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), a domestic war crimes court, also gave her a separate sentence of imprisonment until death after convicting her of inciting, facilitating, being complicit in, and failing to prevent crimes against civilians by law enforcement and armed cadres of the Awami League party.

Hours after the verdict, Bangladesh's foreign ministry demanded that Hasina and former home minister Asaduzz...